Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

New Locals -Edinboro Normal School,
Grove City College, Cash for calves, Rye
wanted. Cheap salt.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Yes, it is warm enough for us.
Few farmers come to town these days.
Six weeks more of vacation for the school
children.
1t will be cooler at Christmas time.
Have patience.
The apple crop prospect is fair in New
York State.
Counterfeit postage stamps are said to
be in circulation.
The wheat crop has been housed in ex-
cellent condition.
The harvest is past, but the summer is
not ended by a large majority.
The LATEST things about farm are the
wagon wheels; they are always tired.
Mr.. H. Schneideman, the clothier, has
put handsome iron ceiling In his store
room.
The fishing clubs are returning from
their campaigns in the woods.
The harvest weather of this year tried
the grit of the farmers.
Mr. Jacob Boos, the South end Grocer, is
doing heavy business in rye and salt. See
his notices.
Mr.. John Yeunkin of North Mexican St.,
killed six rats at one shot the other evening.
Our Live Stock Insurance Co. is doing a
good business in Somerset county.
The NJ. E. picnic at Slipperyrock Park,
Tuesday, was well attended. The Reformed
Church will picnic next Tuesday.
Mr.. Hunter of the Plate Glass Works, is
building on Lookout Ave, Springdale.
Maxwell & Dill. contractors.
"A Beaver Falls paper notes that an ex-
Associate Judge of this county is working on
the streets there.
The injunction restraining the P. & w.
R. r. from crossing Mill St., in Youngstown,
was decided in favor of the railroad.
On Saturday last John J. Reiber shipped
to Pittsburg some of the finest lambs that
have been shipped from this place this year.
There will be services at the Baptist
Church next Sunday morning and evening
at the usual hours.
A very cold wave is said to be coming.
Nobody believes it, but then "you can't
sometimes always tell what you least expect
the most"
Things are changing-the small girls of
this town have taken to playing marbles,
and some of the small boys are carrying
dolls.
We direct special attention to our col
umn of school advertisements. The best Col
leges in Western Pennsylvania have their
cards in our paper.
Mr. Britain informs us that he intends
keeping both his saw.mills in this county,
and that it is Mr.. Beckwith, who is going to
West Virginia.
Some tramps who were camping within
the borough limits were arrested and put in
the lookup, last Monday, and discharged
next day on condition of leaving town.
The Executive Committee of the 11th
Reserves met in Blairsyille yesterday to COM
plete the arrangements for the coming Re-
union here ON Sept. 21st.
Little Clarence Reiber, son of John ].
Reiber, of North St., aged about years had
his face badly mashed by a kick from
one of Col. Thompson's horses, last Tuesday
morning.
A twelve year old girl was sentenced to
be hung in South Carolina last week. but it
can't be possible that they really intend to
hang the child.
"A pin, with a cluster of rubies, was lost
the other day; on the street or alley near the
residence of s. f. Bowser, Esq. The finder
will be suitably rewarded upon leaving it at
Mr.. Bowsers residence.
The strike in the Connellsville coke dis.
trict is over. The men went back at the old
rates, after staying out long enough to lose
several hundred thousand dollars in wages.
The Huntingdon landlords who closed
their hotels in fit of pique because the court
refused to grant them license to sell liquors
haye again opened them to the public.
-Revs. Oller and Mckee of this place, left
town Monday for Muskoka lake in Canada,
where, with some other ministers they are
camping out, and are supposed to be enjoy
ing themselves.
The Fern Leaf Fishing Club of this
place, composed of young men, is camping
out at Fredonia, Mercer Co.. and the "Hun-
cry Ten," lot Of boys, are camping on the
Muddycreek.
Some Millerstown and Troutman men
came to Butler to play ball last Friday, and
got beaten on a score of 10 to 7. They are a
good set of fellows, but too much disputation
spoiled the game for the spectators.
Philadelphia publishers say the revised
Bible has fallen fiat. Hundreds of thousands
of copies remain on the shelves and the peo-
pie will not have them at any price. The
old Bible is good enough. Stick to it.
The silk manufacturing industry in Penn
sylvania has grown to very large proportions
There are no less than twenty-five mills in
successful operation in different sections of
the State, many of them employing 100
hands each.
his local paper. A man in Dakota neglected
this. and now his wife is widow. He went
to q neighbor's the other day to borrow pa
per, and while returning was struck by light
ming and instantly killed.
Our grocers are paying Is cts. for butter,
12 cts. for eggs, 60 cts. for new potatoes, so
30 to 40 cts. for live spring chickens, so cts.
a pail for hlackberries, and 10 cts. quart for
huckleberries.
Mad dogs have become uncomfcrtably
numerous in Pittsburg and vicinity ami sew
eral have been killed recently. There was a
mad one at Clark's meat market on Monday
morning; but he was mad because Hail kick.
ed him out Of the shop.
"A Boston lady stakes herself on green
tansy to keep bugs and moths out of closets,
clothes and carpets. 1t is better before it
goes to seed. Put il around the edges of the
carpets, and hang it up in closets where
wo0len clothes are hung, and no moth will
ever come where it is.
Butler is to have a marble front building
The pilasters of the front of the McCandless
building, and the window sills and caps are
to be of marble, and Ike says he can get the
marble, cut and trimmed and ready to put
in, almost as chesp as Berea stone.
"A young man named Tarr, of East
Franklin township, Armstrong county, was
thrown in front of a moving machine. By
remarkable presence of mind, he grabbed the
knife and held it up until it passed over him.
He received number of ugly cuts, but es-
capped very serious injury.